Demand for NAND flash controller market diminishing, says Phison chairman

Mar 1, 11:25

Demand for flash-based microSD cards will drop significantly as feature phones are gradually losing ground to smartphones, which will result in a dwindling NAND flash memory controller...

Etron to hit 10 million USB 3.0 flash drive controller milestone in 2013

Feb 20, 13:45

Etron Technology is expected to see its cumulative shipments of USB 3.0 flash drive controllers surpass 10 million units in 2013, up significantly from the current one million units...

Samsung selling stake in Skymedi

Jan 14, 10:09

Samsung Electronics, through its investment arm Samsung Venture Investment Corporation (SVIC), has started disposing of its Skymedi shares since January 10, raising speculation that...

SSD maker CoreSolid Storage ceases operations

Dec 5, 22:04

CoreSolid Storage, a SSD joint venture between TDK and Power Quotient International (PQI), has suspended its operations due largely to fierce competition in the industrial-specific...

VIA Labs to roll out new USB 3.0 flash drive controllers built on 85nm

Dec 3, 14:23

VIA Labs, a subsidiary of VIA Technologies specializing in USB 3.0 integrated chip controllers, will roll out new solutions for USB flash drives in December. The new VIA VL752-series...

Memory module firms move forward with diversification, says Kingmax Digital

Nov 16, 10:29

Competition has become more intense in the memory module business, encouraging companies to diversify their product offerings, according to Joe Liu, chairman for Kingmax Digital....

Etron to swing back to profitability in 2Q13

Nov 7, 15:57

Etron Technology is expected to enjoy robust growth in shipments of USB 3.0 flash device controllers in 2013, which will help the company swing back to profitability, according to...

Skymedi narrows losses in 3Q12

Oct 16, 22:05

NAND flash controller IC vendor Skymedi saw its losses before taxes narrow to NT$170 million (US$5.79 million) in the third quarter of 2012 from NT$190 million recorded in the second...

NAND flash demand likely to pick up in September-October

Sep 11, 13:16

Most NAND flash device makers posted flat performance in August, but makers believe sales of new iPhones as well as other new smartphones, tablet PCs and ultrabooks will stir up demand...

Phison announces EPS of NT$7.13 for 1H12

Newswatch - Aug 23, 13:52

NAND flash controller IC vendor Phison Electronics has announced net profits of NT$588 million (US$19.59 million) for the second quarter of 2012, decreasing 14.4% from the previous...

Silicon Motion reports slight profit increase for 2Q12

Newswatch - Jul 30, 12:08

Silicon Motion Technology has announced its net sales increased 8.8% on quarter to US$69.7 million in the second quarter of 2012, while net income (non-GAAP) increased to US$14.6...

Transcend June sales up almost 10%

Jul 9, 14:22

Memory module maker Transcend Information saw its June revenues increase almost 10% sequential thanks to stabilizing memory chip prices. Revenues saw on-month growth for the second...

Faraday to supply controllers for Samsung 1Xnm NAND chips, says report

Newswatch - Jun 27, 14:51

IC design service provider Faraday Technology will likely land orders from Samsung Electronics for non-recurring engineering (NRE) designs for the development of next-generation NAND...

SK Hynix to buy US chip-controller developer

Jun 20, 13:46

SK Hynix today (June 20) announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire California-based Link_A_Media Devices (LAMD), a developer of memory-chip controllers.

NAND flash controller designers post mixed earnings results in 1Q12

May 3, 01:10

Major suppliers of NAND flash device controller ICs have reported mixed earnings results for the first quarter of 2012, showing their diverse capabilities in making a smooth transition...

Taiwan USB 3.0 controller IC designers focus on peripherals

Apr 11, 15:28

The upcoming launch of Intel's Ivy Bridge processors is expected to ignite a wave of replacement in USB flash drives, which Taiwan-based suppliers of flash device controllers identify...

Etron shipping USB 3.0 flash drive controllers

Apr 2, 15:12

Etron Technology has started shipping the company's in-house developed 2- and 4-channel USB flash drive controller chips, and its single-channel ones are currently sampling with customers,...

Phison posts 2011 pre-tax EPS of NT$16.69

Feb 2, 01:00

Phison Electronics has announced it made solid earnings in 2011 thanks to its cost advantage over fellow flash memory controller firms. The company is migrating to 55nm processing...

Skymedi, JMicron report growth in October revenues

Nov 11, 01:20

NAND flash controller design houses Skymedi and JMicron Technology have both posted sequential sales growth in October, with the latter setting the highest monthly level for 2011.

Transcend revenues decrease in October

Nov 9, 11:47

Memory module firm Transcend Information has reported a 15% sequential decline in October revenues, citing the impact of the economic slowdown in Europe and the US and supply chain...

Phison sees order visibility extend to 1H November, says paper

Newswatch - Oct 3, 16:46

NAND flash controller IC maker Phison Electronics has seen its order visibility extend to the first half of November thanks to increasing demand for NAND flash-based SSDs used in...

Alcor Micro to buy back shares

Newswatch - Aug 22, 10:24

USB controller designer Alcor Micro plans to buy back up to 3.65% of its outstanding shares and will then transfer the shares to its employees, according to a resolution passed by...

Anobit doubles capacity of flash controller for smartphones, tablets

Aug 10, 10:37

Anobit has announced a new embedded flash controller with support for up to 256GB of flash memory, compared to its existing MSP2020 controller with support for 4-128GB.

SSD and embedded flash controllers buoy Silicon Motion 2Q11 revenues

Aug 1, 13:45

Memory controller IC supplier Silicon Motion Technology has announced net sales of US$50.5 million for the second quarter of 2011, an increase of 56% from the same period in 2010...

No plans to give up stake in Phison, says Toshiba

May 11, 10:38

Toshiba has no plans to release its complete holdings in Phison Electronics, its supplier of controllers for NAND flash devices, according to a Toshiba executive, adding that cooperation...

Anobit shipping NAND flash controllers for smartphones, tablets

Mar 9, 16:44

Anobit has announced that its new MSP2020 NAND flash memory controller is shipping in multi-million quantities for use within today's most advanced smartphones and tablet computing...

Kingston reportedly to buy stake in SSD controller firm JMicron

Jan 24, 11:32

Memory module supplier Kingston Technology will likely subscribe to a private placement of JMicron Technology, which specializes in controller chips for solid-state drives (SSD),...

Kingston co-founder reportedly buys Phison shares released by Toshiba

Dec 27, 15:04

David Sun, co-founder of the world's top DRAM module maker Kingston Technology, personally has taken up a portion of Phison Electronics shares released by Toshiba for NT$600-700 million...

MicroSD card controller orders buoy Skymedi sales in November

Dec 13, 11:55

Unlike fellow flash device controller suppliers Phison Electronics and Solid State System (3S) which experienced on-month sales drops, Skymedi has announced a 3.4% growth in November...

IDT files patent complaint against Phison

Dec 3, 01:35

Integrated Device Technology (IDT) has reportedly raised a complaint against Taiwan-based Phison Electronics with a US court for the infringement of its patented technology related...

Phison confirms plan to establish JV with Kingston for embedded memory

Oct 26, 01:10

Phison Electronics, in a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE), announced that its board of directors has approved a plan to form a joint venture with Kingston Technology...